Add It Up: Parking deck collapse

Deck’s construction company is pleased to report that only 2.7 percent of the parking spaces were crushed!

Number of cars that were damaged as a result of the June 29 parking deck collapse in Midtown: 38

Number of injuries: 0

Number of parking spaces not impacted by the collapse, according to a statement from Atlanta-based Hardin Construction Co., which built the deck, to help “put this incident in perspective”: 1,377

Number of times the deck has been inspected by the city since its 2002 construction: 0

Number of injuries resulting from the December collapse of a bridge at the Atlanta Botanical Garden, also built by Hardin Construction: 18

Number of fatalities from the bridge collapse at the Atlanta Botanical Garden: 1

Amount Hardin Construction was fined by the city for the Botanical Garden collapse: $6,300

Amount that Hardin received earlier this month from the University of Houston as part of a new housing construction project: $50,000,000

Number of parking spaces planned for two new parking decks that the University of Georgia is having Hardin build: 943

Sources: AJC.com, 11alivenews.com, Hardin Construction






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